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He had for a long time felt a great dislike for these animals.In fact, he had once been a donkey, and his dislike was a natural one.…Cited from Pinocchio in Africa, Cherubini

Mr. Gillott was not, in any sense, a public man, and he took no active part in politics.He had a great dislike to public companies, and I believe never held a share in one.He had a very few old friends with whom he loved to associate.…Cited from Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men, by E. Edwards

From my firm belief that he had taken the tube came my great dislike for him.You have never seen the contents of that can, lad, but your mother has.…Cited from Buffalo Roost, by F. H. Cheley

Mary and I had a great dislike to be called children.Properly understood, one of us was a lady aged ten, and the other was a gentleman aged thirteen.…Cited from The Two Destinies, by Wilkie Collins

The other was a hard, fat man, with ill-tempered eyebrows.I took a great dislike to both of them.On their side, they appeared to feel a strong distrust of me.…Cited from The Law and the Lady, by Wilkie Collins

Rothsay looked at her, as if he wished to have my housekeeper put away as well as my will.From the first moment when he had seen her, he conceived a great dislike to that good creature.There was nothing, I am sure, personally repellent about her.…Cited from Little Novels, by Wilkie Collins

He wooed her to the best of his power, but she evidently took him into great dislike.Cited from The Parisians, by E. B. Lytton, Book 11

We have no children of our own, therefore I adopted the son of a favorite slave, and determined to make him my heir.My wife, however, took a great dislike to both mother and child, which she concealed from me till too late.When my adopted son was about ten years old I was obliged to go on a journey.…Cited from The Arabian Nights, by Andrew Lang

The baroness uttered a loud and contemptuous snort, and filled her plate with peaches.The princess looked at her with an expression of great dislike.The baroness gobbled up one peach with a rapidity almost inconceivable in a human being, and very noisily, and was midway through the second when the princess spoke.…Cited from The Terrible Twins, by Edgar Jepson

He had never suffered an account to stand in his life, always providing the money before he purchased anything; and, if possible, paying in gold and silver.He had a great dislike to paper money, and seldom went without a considerable sum in gold about him.On my observing that it was a wonder he had never been waylaid and robbed, the young fellow smiled at the idea of any one venturing upon such an exploit, for I believe he thinks the old man would be a match for Robin Hood and all his gang.…Cited from Bracebridge Hall, by Washington Irving

So the captain lamented, standing in the cockpit and surveying the ruin with wet eyes.Even Joe, who bore him great dislike, felt sorry for him at this moment.A heavier blast of the wind caught the jagged crest of a wave and hurled it upon the helpless craft.…Cited from The Cruise of the Dazzler, by Jack London

My aunt's proposal stirred me to the depths of my soul.I did not care for the watch, but I had a great dislike for the person to whom she proposed giving it.This Christian Lukitsch, whose family name was Trankwillitatin, a lanky blockhead of a student, had the habit of coming to see us, the deuce knows why.…Cited from Lippincott's Magazine Vol. XVII. No. 101. May, 1876, by Various

I have a great dislike of a quarrel, for a reason quite beyond my duty to my cloth.Cited from Magic, by G.K. Chesterton

I think I told you before that I had ideas of going to Cambridge and endeavoring to get pupils, trusting to my fellowship rather than to my acquirements.But this I have always looked upon with great dislike, and would only have taken to it if nothing else was to be had.Now there has come forward an old college acquaintance, a man who is three or four years my senior, who has offered to take me to America as his private secretary.…Cited from Mr. Scarborough's Family, by Anthony Trollope

He never was particular about his drinks; ordinary soda was what he preferred, though I had ventured to suggest some of the natural minerals, having personally acquired a taste for them in my previous service.He used to keep them in the cupboard here because he had a great dislike of being waited on more than was necessary.It was an understood thing that I never came near him after dinner unless sent for.…Cited from The Woman in Black, by Edmund Clerihew Bentley

Douglas had not men enough to hold the castle, and had a great dislike to standing a siege.Cited from Cameos from English History, by Charlotte M. Yonge

He cherishes the hope that my money will go to him after my death.In this, however, he is mistaken, for I have taken a great dislike to the young man.He is absolutely worthless, and travels over the country as an artist.…Cited from Under Sealed Orders, by H.A. Cody

At all events she was warm-hearted and enthusiastic, but though gentle in her manners, she seemed more inclined to resent an injury than to forgive it.Still she was very different to her father, for whom Edda had conceived a great dislike.…Cited from Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships, by W.H.G. Kingston

He never was particular about his drinks; ordinary soda was what he preferred, though I had ventured to suggest some of the natural minerals, having personally acquired a taste for them in my previous service.He used to keep them in the cupboard here, because he had a great dislike of being waited on more than was necessary.It was an understood thing that I never came near him after dinner unless sent for.…Cited from Trent's Last Case, by E.C.(Edmund Clerihew)Bentley

The novel opens with the protagonist, Hilary, a sixteen-year-old boy arriving at a grim East Anglian boarding school in 1962 after being twice expelled from previous institutions.He has no interest in study, no aptitude for sports and a great dislike of both pupils and teachers.He compares the school to a prison and finds life there unbearable.…